Missing Wallingford man, 85, found dead of hypothermia

An 85-year-old Wallingford man who had been missing since May 29 has been found dead in a wooded area in the north end of Cheshire.

William Ohr's body was found shortly after 3:15 p.m. Thursday in a wooded area off Diana Court. Officers from the Cheshire police traffic division had responded to the area, which has a number of warehouses and small manufacturing businesses nearby, after someone reported a car off the road, said Lt. James Fasano, a police spokesman.

A pickup truck that was later determined to belong to Ohr had hit a tree, but nobody was in the vehicle. Fasano said Ohr was found lying on the ground a short distance away from the truck.

"He had no obvious signs of injury that would have indicated he was hurt in crash," Fasano said of Ohr. "And we have no reason at this time to believe there was any foul play involved in how his car went off the road or how he ended up outside the vehicle."

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The Office of the State Medical Examiner told the New Haven Register Friday morning that Ohr died of hypothermia. Fasano said investigators returned to the scene Friday to gather additional evidence and are working with Wallingford police trying to piece together how Ohr ended up in Cheshire and where he might have been before that."

Ohr, who lived on Church Street in Wallingford, was last seen at a restaurant in that community on May 29. He was reported missing the following day when he failed to show up for a doctor's appointment.